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This. It’s been so weird seeing all these accusations of plagiarising his own work. Artists recycle all the time and if he’s trying to go the auteur route, there will be commonalities in his works. For FoF and VoS he used the same makeup and costume designer so of course there will be similarities as it seems Cent makeup and costume designers have distinctive styles. Some of the things like reusing spells or gestures sound like he’s building a lore for his worlds. If he’s reusing some character traits, tropes, or plot points it’s because he’s essentially a commercial director and he’s refining the product for future iterations by using what works in a previous iteration.

If you can’t access Chinese apps, this YouTube channel often posts videos and photos about Xiao Ran:
https://youtube.com/@flypxr-zc1kr?si=VtXrhLD8sEmok3i3

It’s not officially announced yet so no one knows.

09.05.2026
Xiao Ran posted some pictures of her training life on XHS:
https://m.weibo.cn/detail/5296766325893412

Shrimp Farm dropped some clips of Xiao Ran training for her new role! Looks pretty cool. Anyway whatever Ranzi plays, I’ll watch it!:
https://m.weibo.cn/detail/5296724044418360

Yes, I just saw the other rumored actress is in another drama that is soon to start. Still waiting for the official announcement but whatever role Ranzi plays, I’m excited. 🥹
If it is this show, then I’ve heard it’s an original script which is good for keeping viewer interest even if there’s a reduction in initial hype.

Pretty sure it’s IQIYI at the moment although dramas do change hands.

When I searched the show’s title, I saw different casting rumours. Some were old but these were new and were a believable combination of old casting rumours for the leads. It doesn’t seem like she would be a supporting role though. There’s two other major female character according to the poster but one is aged 45 which seems too high for her to play unless they do a lot of heavy makeup. It would have to be the 24 year old role but there’s not much on it.

Omg! The plot thickens! It’s now showing other people for the show’s cast😅

Because Su Changhe is 4th billing. The billing order is the order that the actor’s names appear on official announcements or publicity for the drama-not the characters. It can be based on multiple factors, not just screen time or the book’s arrangements. For the drama, this is the order followed in China and most official sites. Even if Mu Yumo wasn’t 2nd billing, Su Changhe would not be 2nd billing because he would still be after Su Zhe’s actor.

Yeah, it all feels a bit weird. Everything about the character she plays sounds perfectly tailored for her…Like why be so secretive about Xiao Ran unless the producers really wanted her and were worried it would be snatched? And the guy… it’s really strange that non-fans are pulling him down. If fans aren’t being negative, why should they care? It’s like they are deliberately trying to create anxiety.

Yeah, I doubt it’s the first one. It’s been chasing her for years. I figure if she liked it, she would have accepted it. Similar to that Spring Flowers drama that she didn’t accept. The second one seems more credible but its connections to Huanrui make me super wary of it. It feels like it might be taking advantage of the secrecy. It’s gone through a few different leads too and her cakes generally don’t do that.

The directors probably don’t but sometimes marketing accounts reference it to show that a star is popular overseas. It doesn’t hold much weight though. That said I do think that fanbases know we exist to some extent and maybe the platforms too. I’ve seen accounts repeat verbatim the same rhetoric as what’s on Weibo and seen some accounts that seem like they are information gathering.

Lol, now there’s two cakes competing from none. But it’s being said both are fake 😅

This was the core flaw in the book too but they eventually come to an accord and work things out. The show doesn’t do this though. The second half of the drama should be them re-building their relationship but the focus shifts away from it.

Shrimp Farm just released photos of her departure.
https://m.weibo.cn/detail/5295236318495190

They’re not traffic stars so they don’t have the massive and organised fanbases that do things like upvoting to maintain high ratings.

The FL is young and still protected by her family so her “stage” is small. She’s clearly clever, calculating, and resourceful though. If this story cares about the FL as a character, then she will evolve as she gets more and more entangled with the ML world.

Not sure if fans wars would extend this far but MDL seems to be having issues with ratings lately. So many shows getting massively downvoted…

Gu Jinzhao is so fierce. Love it. 😂 Really hope she doesn’t get tamed by love or lose her spark because of it.

The Mango TV app has episode 4 but it’s SVIP.